Protesting Uber and Lyft Drivers Want Back Pay And More Coronavirus Protections
Mario Tama/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Drivers for Lyft and Uber in both San Francisco and Sacramento protested from their cars Wednesday morning, circling government buildings to demand the state award them expedited unemployment insurance and back wages amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the point is broader: Gig workers are…
Delta Tells Sick Flight Attendants: “Do Not Post” on Social Media or Notify Fellow Crew
Planes belonging to Delta Air Lines sit idle at Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Missouri.Jamie Squire/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters. This piece was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Delta Air Lines has directed flight attendants who test…
McDonald’s Workers File Complaints Demanding More Coronavirus Protections
McDonald’s workers in Los Angeles held a drive-through strike Sunday after one of their co-workers tested positive for COVID-19. Three days later, another employee of the same McDonald’s received a coronavirus diagnosis.Ringo Chiu/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Workers at two California McDonald’s locations filed complaints with…
“Shoppers Have Had Enough”: Instacart Workers Plan a Strike
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday, workers for the grocery delivery service Instacart are planning to strike as part of an effort for better workplace protections amid the coronavirus pandemic. The nationwide walkout is one of a handful of similar actions across the country that call attention to…
“Without These Workers, Everything Ceases to Exist”: How Coronavirus Is Coming for Your Produce
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Every year in mid-March, thousands of men from all over Mexico show up in downtown Monterrey, the country’s third-biggest city, with big, rolling suitcases and folders full of documents. They huddle in groups outside of cheap hotels, waiting on their appointments at the US consulate so they can get the stamp on their…
Home Care Workers Are Underpaid, Uninsured, and on the Front Lines of Fighting Coronavirus
ipopba/Getty Etelbina Hauser has a tough job. The 57-year-old immigrant from Honduras and grandmother of 12 makes minimum wage cleaning houses and taking care of a 93-year-old client with dementia in Seattle. But recently, when a nursing home offered her better pay and benefits caring for a dozen residents as a certified nursing assistant, Hauser…